Conspiracy Theories
The world’s most controversial events, and the complex beliefs behind them. From Bigfoot sightings to bitcoin takeovers, alien landings to assassinations, who’s shaping the narrative — and why? Conspiracy Theories is a Spotify Podcast. New episodes Wednesdays.
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The Georgia Guidestones
A bizarre monument made of granite and bearing a list of instructions for humanity’s survival exists on a hill in Georgia.
40 min
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Ancient Astronauts Pt. 2
The Great pyramid of Giza. The Nazca Lines. The Moai Statues of Easter Island.
47 min
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Ancient Astronauts
The ancient world proved itself capable of remarkable feats of construction.
43 min
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Watergate Pt. 2
Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, but Watergate was far from over.
48 min
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Watergate
On June 17th 1972, 5 men were caught breaking into the offices of the DNC at the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C.
53 min
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Priory of Sion & The Holy Grail Pt. 2
In 1885, French priest Bérenger Saunière discovered a pair of ancient scrolls hidden in the altar of his church.
45 min
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Priory of Sion & The Holy Grail
The early days of the Catholic church were plagued by dissent, infighting, and uncertainty.
47 min
483
Chappaquiddick & Senator Ted Kennedy Pt. 2
In the summer of 1969, Senator and Presidential hopeful Ted Kennedy crashed his car into a pond on Chappaquiddick Island and killed his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne.
43 min
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Chappaquiddick & Senator Ted Kennedy
On July 18th, 1969, Ted Kennedy, the youngest son of Joseph Kennedy Sr., drove his car off of a single lane bridge into a pond, resulting in the death of his female passenger.
43 min
485
The Denver Airport Pt. 2
The Denver International Airport is the largest airport in the United States.
37 min
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The Denver Airport
In 1995, the Denver International Airport opened 16 months over schedule and nearly 2 billion dollars over budget.
36 min
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Operation Mockingbird Pt. 2
Officially, Operation Mockingbird was a brief wiretap of two journalists in the early 1960s.
40 min
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Operation Mockingbird
In the fallout of the Watergate scandal, a number of the CIA’s black ops operations were revealed to the public in the early 1950s.
44 min
489
The Crack Epidemic Pt. 2
Over the past three decades, more and more details about the US government’s involvement in cocaine trafficking have trickled into the public eye.
55 min
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The Crack Epidemic
In the 1980s, a super-potent new form of cocaine swept through the streets of America, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
42 min
491
The North American Union Pt. 2
In 2007, a lone conspiracy theorist proposed that the greatest threat to American sovereignty wasn’t a foreign enemy, or even a rising dictator - it was the North American Union, a secret plot to unite the US, Canada, and Mexico into one super-country.
44 min
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The North American Union
In the mid-2000s, rumors began to circulate that President George W. Bush, Mexico’s President Vicente Fox, and Canada’s Prime Minister Paul Martin were conspiring to fuse their borders, currencies, and policies.
37 min
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The Cancer Cure Pt. 2
If a cure for cancer was discovered, millions of lives would be saved - and billions of dollars would be lost by the pharmaceutical companies that manufacture chemotherapy drugs.
45 min
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The Cancer Cure
Since its founding in 1906, the Food & Drug Administration has been responsible for protecting the health and safety of American consumers.
45 min
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The Sinking of Atlantis Pt. 2
Atlantis has captivated scholars and theorists for generations.
48 min
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The Sinking of Atlantis
A legend, used as a political allegory by the ancient philosopher Plato.
45 min
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The Lincoln Assassination Pt. 2
When Union troops cornered John Wilkes Booth in a remote barn after his assassination of President Lincoln in 1865, they were given strict orders to take him alive.
47 min
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The Lincoln Assassination
At the close of the Civil War in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was killed by a conspiracy of Confederate sympathizers led by actor John Wilkes Booth.
45 min
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Operation Northwoods Pt. 2
In 1962, the CIA proposed staging a false flag operation to drum up public support for a war on Cuba.
44 min
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Operation Northwoods
In April 1959, Fidel Castro visited the White House to meet with Vice President Richard Nixon.
45 min